Brassiere



June 24-, 1941. M. wl'rKowER BRASSIRE Filed Jun 26, 1939 m W M M Max/uw- Patented June 24, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to breast supports commonly known as brassres, such articles being Worn to afford ease and comfort to the wearer and at the same time preserve the normal form or contour of the breasts. In many of the common forms of brassires now in use their coni struction is such that there is either undesirable pressure on portions of the breasts or the brassires fail to properly support the breasts of the wearer in their natural position.

It is a particular object of my invention to so construct a brassire that the supporting structure lifts the central portion of the brassire forming an uplift for the breasts without additional straps directly under the breasts.

Another object of the invention is to construct a brassire in such a manner that the breasts are normally supported in their natural and relaxed position from a central point in the lower portion of the brassire and in which the supporting structure is so arranged that the breasts are kept in norma1 separated position which construction is especially suitable for the well developed or heavy-breasted women.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in the following specification and drawing. Referring to the drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the brassire shown in Fig. 1 in extended position; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of the supporting structure.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, Ill designates two breast pockets each formed of any suitable fabric material, the breast pockets consisting of two pieces of fabric Il and |2 joined together by stitching indicated at |3. The breast pockets are joined centrally of the brassire by a row of stitching as indicated at M. Attached to the pieces ll of the breast pockets, as indicated at IE are bands IG which extend around the wearer, being provided at their ends with elastc bands I'l. One of the bands |1 is provided with a hook IB which. engages an eye 9 on the end of the other elastic band l'l for the purpose of securing the ends of the brassire together at the back of the wearer. Shoulder straps 20 are provided, attached at their forward ends to the upper portion of the respective breast pockets, the other end of the straps 20 being secured to the band IS. Each of the shoulder straps is provided with adjustable means diagrammatically indicated at 2|.

In cases where the breasts are well developed and/or heavy-breasted resulting in a sagging of the brassire it is particularly desirable to raise the brassire without using bands or similar structures directly under the breasts. To provide a simple means for doing this I use what' may be termed a V-shaped supporting meansv which is attached at itslower end to the central portion of the brassire with the result of lifting the central portion of the brassire.

As shown in Fig. 2, 25 indicates a pair of straps the lower ends of which ,are attached to the lower central portion of the brassire by means of stitches indicated at 26. These straps diverge upwardly and are provided at their upper ends with hooks indicated at 21, for engagement in a loop 28 formed in the end of a strap 29 which is secured to the upper portion of the breast pocket as indicated at 30. It is to be understood that while I have described this strap as consisting of two parts indicated by the numerals 25 and 29 that it may be made in one piece and that in referring to the structure as illustrated it may be considered as a single strap with its lower end attached to the lower single portion of the brassire and its upper end attached to the upper central portion of the breast pocket at or adjacent to the connection of the shoulder strap to the breast pocket.

With the construction just described it will be apparent that there is a direct line of support from the upper central portion of the breast pocket to the lower central portion of the brassire substantially along the line of support given to the brassire by the shoulder strap. These strapsbeing divergent upwardly support the brassire with a consequent support of the breast pockets from a central point and at the same time cause a separation of the wearer's breasts. In the form shown in Fig. 3, two straps 32 are provided which are either joined or cut from one piece of materiall as indicated at 33, the lower portions of the straps being secured to the lower central portion of the brassire as indicated at 34 and the upper ends being secured to the upper portions of the breast pockets.

. It is to be understood that the brassire, hereinabove described, is preferably made of fabric material of suitable style and finish to meet the requirements of the trade.

I claim as my invention:

A brassire comprising: two breast pockets vattachedA to each other; a band attached to each breast pocket and adapted to pass around the body of the wearer; means for detachably connecting the free ends of the hands together; tral porton of the brassire on both sides of the shoulder straps attached to the breast pockets medlal line of the brassire, said straps having and the bands; supporting means for the breast their upper ends attached to the upper portion pockets comprising a, pair of straps having their of the breast pockets; and adjustment means in lower ends overlapped, each of such overlapped 5 said straps.

ends being secured to the lower edge of the cen- MAX WI'I'KOWER. 

